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[Learn 5HIT] How I Somehow Got to 1700+ ELO

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Caller
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Poland8075 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-03 03:45:53
March 03 2011 03:26 GMT
#1
For those of you wallowing the the depths of ELO, I bring you my guide to getting up to mid-high ELO.

Most high ELO players recommend you learn doing the following things to get up to high ELO, as these are characteristics of good players. These include:

0) Must Buy Wards
1) Orders/Follows the Team to Dragon/Baron
2) Regards timings of Dragon, Buffs, Baron, Respawns, etc. and plans accordingly.
3) Destroy objectives and get out with a task, not loitering around trying to taunt the enemy.
4) Excellent last-hitting and farming, as well as knowing when to give up your farm
5) Knowledgeable in organizing and coordinating the team, efficient teamwork
6) All roles need to be understood and played to compensate for team as necessary.
7) Initiates teamfights properly, and doesn't do something stupid like face checking
8) Sees everything going on in the minimap and reacts accordingly.
9) Excellence in the laning phase.
*) Really acquainted with every champion's skills.

I don't do any of these things. I am a bad player. Playing with me or against me exasperates good players if it doesn't outright piss them off. Yet somehow I am up here, and you are down there. That's because being a good player and brute-forcing your way to high ELO are two different things.

Here's Caller's methods to get your ELO up.

Method 1: Make someone decent to play on your account.
This should be fairly obvious. Having someone who's 1800+ ELO play on your account tends to have positive impact on your ELO, as they are decent and can usually 1v5. In addition, they'll play actual legit champions, helping to hide your previous 0-4 record in ranked as Mordekaiser. However, not everybody is as good as getting on their knees and bobbing your head as I am. That's why there are other methods.

Method 2: Only play Tanky DPS.
Despite being one of the more useless roles in a 5v5 arranged, Tanky DPS champs are an easy way to raise your ELO, because you can stomp idiots 1v5 with them. These include champs like Renekton, Mordekaiser, Irelia, Jarman IV, Olaf, Xin Zhao, and so on.
But wait, you say. These champs don't offer anything to the team. All they do is do damage and are hard to kill.
No shit, I say. If you kill the enemy guys that can hurt you, all that's left are guys that can't hurt you, so you can kill them too. And since 9 times out of 10 Zilean will be speeding himself up to put a bomb on your Amumu while you are about to kill Ashe with your Mordekaiser Ghost up on her, you will usually get away with it.
So what if Mordekaiser is the most useless champion for a team since all he does is push lanes, steal farm from the carry, and have no CC. Mordekaiser can 1v5. And at low ELO, that's all you need.

Method 3: Request to Get Carried
By "Get Carried" I don't mean duo queue, because the game likes to compensate for your duo queue by giving you 3 Class AAA retards, instead of the usual you + 4 Class B Retards. Rather, I mean you get the good players on your team, and you pick on their weak players. This is usually best done by picking a champion good at somping baddies, like Mordekaiser.

Method 4: Dominate and lead your team.
This skill is what I call "Yelling." Yell at your team and tell them to do things. Yell at them to take Dragon/Tower/Baron/Gank. If someone else tries to take command let them/overrule them at your discretion. Don't be a prick about it, but be a hardass. Usually, you need a champion that can give the aura of command. I recommend Mordekaiser. People tend to listen to a big man in metal suit than some pansy as catgirl that shoots lasers.

Method 5: Exasperate and aggravate the enemy team.
This skill is what I call "Trolling." Ban random champions and don't follow the "standard" picks. Say random Korean and Brazillian catchphrases in all chat. This will accumulate overtime into a big passive taunt to be placed on you. Meanwhile, the squishier members of the team will be less likely to get focused down. In order to deal with this taunt, I suggest playing a champion that can handle the damage. Someone like Mordekaiser.


Alternatively, you can actually do all of the things that good players recommend doing.
This is not recommended due to time constraints. Why would you want to play 300 games when you can play 50 games as Mordekaiser and get just as far?
Watch me fail at Paradox: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=397564
Tooplark
Profile Joined October 2008
United States3977 Posts
March 03 2011 03:37 GMT
#2
One advantage of being tanky is the ability to physically lead your team places without the same risk of being picked off. When you're bossing your team around make sure you watch minimap. More than once I've gone in one direction while the team went another and one or the other has died. Usually me. Wards also help with this. Buy wards, even if you rice top lane all game.
WHAT POW'R ART THOU WHO FROM BELOW HAST MADE ME RISE UNWILLINGLY AND SLOW
Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
March 03 2011 03:50 GMT
#3
I definitely could stand to learn something from those numbers.
"What is the air speed velocity of an unladen courier?" "Dire or Radiant?"
Juicyfruit
Profile Joined May 2008
Canada5484 Posts
March 03 2011 04:14 GMT
#4
On March 03 2011 12:26 Caller wrote:

0) Must Buy Wards
1) Orders/Follows the Team to Dragon/Baron
2) Regards timings of Dragon, Buffs, Baron, Respawns, etc. and plans accordingly.
3) Destroy objectives and get out with a task, not loitering around trying to taunt the enemy.
4) Excellent last-hitting and farming, as well as knowing when to give up your farm
5) Knowledgeable in organizing and coordinating the team, efficient teamwork
6) All roles need to be understood and played to compensate for team as necessary.
7) Initiates teamfights properly, and doesn't do something stupid like face checking
8) Sees everything going on in the minimap and reacts accordingly.
9) Excellence in the laning phase.
*) Really acquainted with every champion's skills.



First I skim over this, and I'm like, Caller doesn't do any of these things. And then.

On March 03 2011 12:26 Caller wrote:

I don't do any of these things. I am a bad player. Playing with me or against me exasperates good players if it doesn't outright piss them off.


Derp, oh.
Dgiese
Profile Joined July 2010
United States2687 Posts
March 03 2011 04:44 GMT
#5
I think there's alot to be said for this approach to gaining Elo. While it's a great idea to work on your own play, at low Elo it's a lot easier to just exploit poor play by others. So yeah, doesn't really matter if Morde isn't good in high level games because your opponents aren't high level.
jaybrundage
Profile Joined December 2009
United States3921 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-03 04:46:01
March 03 2011 04:45 GMT
#6
I like how this guide pretty much says play Mordekaiser. I love it XD

I have to admit that im one of Callers converts i asked him whos best to carry with and he responded with Morde. And it has worked out quite well. Usually if i can get to late game as Morde i win.

Also those ten tips are all true. I hate it when people say i wont waste money on wards >.>
And also I love who i always have more cs then everyone else in the game as morde.

Morde to carry the carries that can't carry :D Thx for the tips Caller your appriciated.
The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in battle.
cascades
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Singapore6122 Posts
March 03 2011 05:00 GMT
#7
I thinkz I do method 2 to 5 very wellz. Pls elaborate on method 1.
HS: cascades#1595 || LoL: stoppin
MrEnzyme
Profile Joined September 2010
30 Posts
March 03 2011 05:04 GMT
#8
This guide is the truth
dnastyx
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States2707 Posts
March 03 2011 05:14 GMT
#9
Total # of Mordekaiser mentions in this guide: 8
mordekaiser
Profile Joined March 2011
Russian Federation2 Posts
March 03 2011 05:29 GMT
#10
+ Show Spoiler +


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myopia
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States2928 Posts
March 03 2011 05:32 GMT
#11
Imposter

Morde is Brazilian
it's my first day
Two_DoWn
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United States13684 Posts
March 03 2011 05:57 GMT
#12
seriously. how do you mess that up?
"What is the air speed velocity of an unladen courier?" "Dire or Radiant?"
mrgerry
Profile Joined September 2008
United States1508 Posts
March 03 2011 06:07 GMT
#13
I will now test these Methods with my corresponding Theory of Elo Doesn't Mean Shit Cause Grackis Is 1800.

Method #1: Grackis didn't have pros help him out. In fact he duo q's with other awful high ranking players to fuck himself over even harder.

Method #2: Irelia/Malz: Grackis half follows this method but still fucks up at it with shitty builds.

Method #3: Doubt it.

Method #4: Grackis makes mistakes then yells at team thus furthering his chances of losing.

Method #5: Goddamn Grackis is good at this

1.5/5 - Guide disproven by Theory of LOL GRACKIS
Iplaythings
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Denmark9110 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-03-03 06:38:22
March 03 2011 06:37 GMT
#14
You forgot: Claim that their champions are OP so they cant play cus they type 8D
And above will work with anything that insults their sore e-peen.

Though fun guide especially because of the "I dun do any of these"
In the woods, there lurks..
Caller
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Poland8075 Posts
March 03 2011 06:49 GMT
#15
On March 03 2011 15:37 Iplaythings wrote:
You forgot: Claim that their champions are OP so they cant play cus they type 8D
And above will work with anything that insults their sore e-peen.

Though fun guide especially because of the "I dun do any of these"

no thats when you get to high elo
Watch me fail at Paradox: http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=397564
Psyonic_Reaver
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4342 Posts
March 03 2011 06:49 GMT
#16
Invite Park to a game.

Park trolls.

Lose game.

tttttttttt
So wait? I'm bad? =(
NeoIllusions
Profile Blog Joined December 2002
United States37500 Posts
March 03 2011 06:50 GMT
#17
On March 03 2011 15:49 Psyonic_Reaver wrote:
Invite Park to a game.

Park trolls.

Lose game.

tttttttttt


Caller too risky
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Abenson
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
Canada4122 Posts
March 03 2011 06:50 GMT
#18
#1 guide to getting out of elo hell
someone post this on LoL forums :3
Mogwai
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States13274 Posts
March 03 2011 07:05 GMT
#19
hahaha, I loled
mogwaismusings.wordpress.com
ZERG_RUSSIAN
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
10417 Posts
March 03 2011 08:27 GMT
#20
welcome to namedrop status buddy
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